The Division usually meets bi-monthly on the second Wednesday of the odd-numbered months, in Stratford starting at 18.30.
The next one will be on Wednesday 10 January 2018 at St. John's Church, Stratford Broadway, London E15 1NG.

As part of the London & South East Branch of Railfuture, the Eastern Division has contributed to numerous consultations including Local Transport Plans, Local Development Frameworks, Multi-modal studies, Route Utilisation Strategies, DfT franchise proposals, and proposed timetable changes.

Stay up-to-date with all Railfuture and other events and key dateshere.

Catch up with other London & South East rail development campaigning news in the regional branch's quarterly newsletter railsehere.

At our most recent meeting on 8 November 2017 we had input from colleagues in neighbouring East Anglia branch and began consideration of Railfuture's contribution to Essex County Council's emerging Rail Strategy.

During 2013 we reviewed prospects for three new stations in our area: Lea Bridge, Beam Reach, and Beaulieu Park.
Another major topic was Network Rail's draft Passenger Market Study for London and the South East, launched for consultation in April, published in October. See LTPP PMS for L&SE.

The Division hosted two joint branch meetings with neighbouring East Anglia branch representatives in Chelmsford.

In 2012 Eastern Division supported a successful joint bid to Railfuture's Fighting Fund by the regional branch and the Railfuture-affiliated Chingford Line Users Association (CLUA). The grant has been used to commission a report by JR Consulting, to be used in specialist lobbying of key rail industry and political decision-makers for improving access from Waltham Forest to the rail network, in three ways:

reopening Lea Bridge station (closed July 1985) by the end of Network Rail's Control Period 4 in March 2014;

doubling local Lea Valley line services in and out of Stratford to four trains per hour, and on seven days a week, during Control Period 5;

improving links between Chingford/Walthamstow and the Stratford interchange by the end of Control Period 6 eg reopening Hall Farm curve.

Click View or download to see the full 25-page JRC report "Lea Valley Rail - better access to jobs and homes" 3.16MB

29 January 2013: Good news from Waltham Forest Council on Lea Bridge station.

This was followed on Monday 18 June 2012 by a well-attended evening meeting, in Waltham Forest Town Hall, of local businesses and a range of other organisations all keenly interested in supporting the reopening of Lea Bridge station within the next two years - view or download the Powerpoint presentation "Lea Bridge back on the map".

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